“There’s a R2,500 reward in South Africa when you report a household that owns a Pitbull (sic),” reads a tweet from a Twitter account with more than 1.8 million followers and a history of spreading disinformation. AFP Fact Check has previously debunked false claims shared by the account such as here and here.
The purported reward ranges from $87 to $145. Other posts repeated the claim here and here, but made no mention of where to file a report, how the money would be paid or what regulation, if any, was being invoked.
A petition was launched by the Sizwe Kupelo Foundation in October 2022 to ban the ownership of pit bulls as domestic animals because of the growing number of violent and fatal attacks after a family dog killed a 10-year-old in September 2022.
“It is time that the South African government takes decisive steps and impose a complete ban on the ownership of pit bulls as domestic animals,” the petition reads. “Such a move would prevent further attacks and unnecessary deaths. We cannot continue sending out messages of condolences for something that can easily be...
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